Stella Brockman Elementary School kicked off the wave of eighth-grade promotion for Manteca Unified on Tuesday morning.
Wednesday will see 18 such events – mostly drive-thru, during this time of COVID-19 – throughout the day.
“We were able to do little more this year,” Principal Candice Espinola said of having a drive-thru ceremony for the second straight year.
The graduating eighth graders accepted their promotional papers by out walking to the group of MUSD officials as family members watched from the car – many vehicles were once again decorated to mark the occasion.
The top honor students were also recognized. Those receiving a perfect 4.0 grade point average consisted of Kaileee Eakle, Brock Felt, Eric Garcia, Simreet Gill, Alessandra Guitron, Justin Jarrett, Aanya Kotecha, Julianna Leyva, John Ramirez, Layth Salem, Alejandro Sanchez Cazares, Klaio Vidal Simpao, Riley Souza, Sarah Thomas, Crystallyn Tran, and Saltanat Zekria.
Among those with a 3.5 GPA or higher were Brady Alves, Jayda Anderson, Sergio Cardenas, Leah Costantini, Manveer Dharni, Sophia Do, Adam Farag, Hanna Ferrebee, Aiden Hallahan, Ellianna Jasso, Ashley Jimenez Carmona, Gurleen Kaur, Kaajal Kumar, Zyon McQuarters, Angel Mendez Ramos, Prabhjot Salhan, Noah Sandoval, Navjot Singh, and Trevor Sutton.
The Class of 2021 also included: Lizbeth Aguilar, Sin’ai Alexander, Izabella Amason, Rylen Bailey, Julissa Cabrera Garcia, Roberto Cardenas, Luis Cardenas, Alexis Cervantes, Anthony Chavez Sosa, Sahijot Cheema, Nicholas Cortez Hernandez, Alesia DeLeon, Jaqueline Diaz Murillo, Jessica Dole, Angelina Erazo, Alexa Espinosa, Tony Espinoza, Jayden Estella, Joel Garcia, Xavier Grace, Derek Hardcastle, Isaac Hernandez, Diego Hernandez Pinedo, John Herrera, Juan Herrera, Leila Igarta, Douglas Kaiser, Celeste Lamothe.
Jonathan Lawas, Isaiah Lynch, Katie Machado, Jeylen Matta, Mya Mendieta, George Mendoza, Julie Meneses, Nathan Moreno, Angelica Munguia, Shayla Paculba, Leilani Pallib, Ivan Raygoza, Hugo Reyes, Natalee Rivera, Vincent Rivero, Pablo Rojas Bonilla, Christian Rosales, Adan Rosas, Adrian Saenz, Arturo Salmon, Joshua Sanchez Lopez, Rosalyn Sanders, Rajginder Singh Sandhu, Angel Soto, Ingrid Trujillo Morales, Marcus Ulep, Marely Valdivia Cisneros, Mark Villalobos, Cheyenne Watson, and Isaiah Yanez-Zepeda.
